shammy

Example Sentences

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“I always bring, and will certainly have my shammy, “Sammy” with me.

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2016

“Only if you wear a shammy around your hairline. Did you wear a shammy?”

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

There were advertisements in 1740 of "mourning shoes," "fine silk shoes," "flowered russet shoes," "white callimanco shoes," "black shammy shoes," "girls' flowered russet shoes," "shoes of black velvet, white damask, red morocco, and red everlasting."

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

Before "grounding," the taste of the ordinary customer, who likes a pretty white "shammy," is consulted by bleaching most of the skins with sulphur.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward

Have you ever seen a piece of shammy leather?

From Big People and Little People of Other Lands by Shaw, Edward R. (Edward Richard)